The Darktown Strutters Ball 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 27 Feb 2008
2008

I've got some good news, honey,
an invitation to the Darktown Ball,
it's a very swell affair
all the 'highbrowns' will be there,
I'll wear my high silk hat
and a frock tail coat,
you wear your Paris gown
and your new silk shawl,
there with that fifty dollar prize,
we'll be the bestdressed in the hall.

I'll be down to get you in a Taxi, honey,
you better be ready about half past eight,
now dearie, don't be late,
I want to be there when the band starts playing,
remember when we get there, honey,
the two steps I'm goin' to have 'em all,
goin' to dance out both my shoes,
when they play the 'Jelly Roll Blues'
tomorrow night at The Darktown Strutters Ball.

I'll be down to get you in a Taxi, honey,
you better be ready about half past eight,
now dearie, don't be late,
I want to be there when the band starts playing,
remember when we get there, honey,
the two steps I'm goin' to have 'em all,
goin' to dance out both my shoes,
when they play the 'Jelly Roll Blues'
tomorrow night at The Darktown Strutters Ball.

We'll meet our hightoned neighbors
an exhibition of the 'Baby Dolls'
and each one will do their best
just to outclass all the rest,
and there'll be dancers from ev'ry foreign land,
the classic, buck and wing,
and the wooden clog.
We'll win that fifty dollar prize
when we step out and 'Walk The Dog'

I'll be down to get you in a Taxi, honey,
you better be ready about half past eight,
now dearie, don't be late,
I want to be there when the band starts playing,
remember when we get there, honey,
the two steps I'm goin' to have 'em all,
goin' to dance out both my shoes,
when they play the 'Jelly Roll Blues'
tomorrow night at The Darktown Strutters Ball.

I'll be down to get you in a Taxi, honey,
you better be ready about half past eight,
now dearie, don't be late,
I want to be there when the band starts playing,
remember when we get there, honey,
the two steps I'm goin' to have 'em all,
goin' to dance out both my shoes,
when they play the 'Jelly Roll Blues'
tomorrow night at The Darktown Strutters Ball.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Darktown Strutters Ball 1917
Words and Music by Shelton Brooks
© MCMXVII by Will Rossiter assigned to Leo Feist 1917
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 27 February 2008 at 10.13
in association with Doug Grierson
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